Lynch built a brand on not letting anyone make him speak, so it’s the greatest revenge that his retirement is him being iconic every time he talks.

Just finished We The Animals this morning before I head to work. Exquisitely written but also I kind of need to go stare at a pond for 8 hours. Can one “call out wrecked by prose”?

New: When an 8-year-old Nicaraguan boy was run over on a Wisconsin dairy farm, authorities blamed his father and closed the case. Meanwhile, the community of immigrant workers knows a completely different story. propub.li/3IpzyLw

The US is seeing an unprecedented wave of migrant child labor right now. Thousands of kids are working overnight in dangerous factories for brands like Cheerios, Fruit of the Loom and Ford. They're here alone and they're being failed in the most basic way.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/…

One reason teaching and learning queer history is so critical is that—in moments like this—you are buoyed by the stories of those who came before. Those who survived attempts to legislate their existence, and those who thrived in spaces where their humanity was honored.

Me trying to get my bracket to the Elite Eight with any remaining teams:

What is your favorite place for affordable workout wear? Bonus points for bright or neon colors. (Picture for the algorithm)

I’m begging Congress to hold a single hearing on digital safety and rights without several members revealing they don’t know how the internet works and refuse to look it up.

I just want it to stop. I just have the gall to wish kids could go to school, or outside, or anywhere, and not get shot.

A beautiful thing I saw today, just because.

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 You love to see it.

The season of Cherry Blossom is very awesome.

The hours after a mass shooting are perhaps the most pessimistic I ever feel about ever curbing the online disinformation crisis. The speed with which people will exploit the worst day in so many’s lives… I grieve.

As Sam writes later in the thread below, “Josh was never formally charged with a crime, never arraigned + never saw a judge, as he deteriorated for 20 days in a solitary cell.”

10 years ago, 8-year-old Martin Richard was among the three killed in the Boston Marathon bombing. His friends from their Boston neighborhood will honor his memory by running together in the race on Monday.

Still on a Twitter break/hiatus until I figure out what this site is giviiiing me these days, but here’s a proof of life check in.